Saline man receives suspended jail sentence, probation for fighting police on Christmas Day
John Craigmile
Courtesy of the Saline Police Department
The Saline man who fought with police after being pulled over for drunken driving on Christmas Day was sentenced to 93 days in jail, which he will not have to serve if he pays his probation fines, according to court officials.
In addition to the suspended jail sentence, John Craigmile was ordered to 18 months of probation by Judge Donald Shelton in the Washtenaw County Trial Court Monday.
In April, Craigmile pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, operating while intoxicated and possession of marijuana. Charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and a second assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer charge were dismissed in a plea deal.
Craigmile fought with police in the early hours of Dec. 25 after a traffic stop on the 200 block of McKay Street. Saline police suspected he was drunk when they pulled him over. Craigmile threw punches and used one of the officer’s flashlights as a weapon.
Police eventually released a video of the incident.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Ron Granger
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 : 10:35 p.m.
I fought the law and I won! Hope he can turn things around with this excellent opportunity he has been given.
Darryl Gritman
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 : 9:40 a.m.
After seeing the video of this incident, I realize why it took the cops so long to subdue this guy: They were probably too afraid to do their jobs the way they are ALLOWED to do their jobs and to start striking this guy to get him under control. Police are too afraid of being sued, fired, or charged with a crime for doing what we actually pay them to do. They are afraid to hit people who need to be hit, to yell at people who need to be yelled at, to taser people who need to be tasered, and ultimately even too afraid to shoot people who need to be shot, occasionally getting themselves killed in the process. If we need our dirty lib lawyers more than we need our police, maybe we should call the lawyers from now on when we're facing serious emergencies.
Youwhine
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 : 4:16 a.m.
Once again, Washtenaw County serves a slap in the face to those law enforcement personnel who risk theirs to save yours. Time and time again, the prosecutors and judges in this county make it clear that it is okay to assault our police officers. Sad.
Basic Bob
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 : 12:51 a.m.
If this man had children, they would have been taken away and turned over to DHS.
nowayjose
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 : 1:44 a.m.
What?
2020
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 : 12:50 a.m.
Sounds like a sentence Judge Morris would hand down. Was Judge Shelton filling in for her, on that day?
RJA
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 : 10:35 p.m.
Wow, ain't that what we call a slap on the wrist? No jail time and just probation and fines??